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Rescue operation in dense NSW bushland. [Photo from the Internet] Senior constable Kelly Foster, 39, lost her life while trying to save a 24-year-old Chinese student swept into a whirlpool in a river in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia, on Sunday. Their bodies were found hours later down the Wollangamber River. This is a heart-rending incident. The Chinese people appreciate Foster's bravery, and are deeply saddened that she lost her life trying to save the Chinese student. "The kindness and sincerity of humanity can shine even in cold winter." That's what Hua Chunying, spok...

Police have revealed their heartbreak at having to recover the body of a fallen colleague who died trying to save a woman who became caught in a whirlpool.

Biden, a navy captain who felt like a fail uhe because of losts in combat. the "washington post" says that in the space of three minutes, biden was conflating a bunch and got the time period, location, heroic act, the medal, military branch and rank of the precrecit wrong and as well as his own role. so he described a true event but getting almost all the facts wrong. and what is the response from the press? how seriously should these kinds of -- they are not gaffes, they are worse than gaffes. these kinds of falsehoods be taken when we are covering a president who makes it up every day. >> i ...

Do not do that. he died. he died. >> all right. so "the washington post" was the first to fact check this in an article they published. this is what the post says. in the space of three minutes, biden got the time wrong, the location, the heroic act, the medal, and the rank of the recipient wrong as well as his own role in the ceremony. one element of biden's story is rooted in an actual event. in 2011 the vice president did pin a medal on a heartbroken soldier, army staff sergeant chad workman who didn't believe he deserved the award. so there is a story of biden pinning a medal, just not exa...

Makes his life sound like a cross between "saving private ryan" and a mount everest expedition, we can lose a vice president, we can't lose these kids -- go on without me. if barf, please. the worst part of it is the story wasn't even true, it turned out to be a mashup of a bunch of different stories with all the facts wrong, even "the washington post" noticed and trust me they have every incentive to lie about it, they often do -- in this case, here's their assessment. in the space of 3 minutes, he got the time period, the location, the heroic act, the military branch, and the rank of the rec...